Andrew Murrison MP: written questions
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North Carolina: WaterMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) on what dates and (b) how his Department contacted service personnel on potential exposure to water contaminants in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina between 1953 and 1987.
Answer: We take the safety of our personnel very seriously and any veteran that may have served at Camp Lejeune during this period and believes that their health was affected can apply for compensation under the War Pension Scheme. It is also worth noting that th...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Carolina: WaterMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list communications issued from his Department to potential victims of water contamination in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina between 1953 and 1987.
Answer: We take the safety of our personnel very seriously and any veteran that may have served at Camp Lejeune during this period and believes that their health was affected can apply for compensation under the War Pension Scheme. It is also worth noting that th...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: South of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc on improvements to road links between the M4 and the south coast.
Answer: The Oxford-Cambridge Arc represents a strategic growth corridor with the potential to facilitate sustainable economic, social, and environmental development for the region, and its impact on the transport system is multi-modal. It is recognised that addit...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOxford-Cambridge ArcTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30593More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc on the economies of surrounding settlements.
Answer: The Chancellor has recently announced the government’s commitment to unlock growth in the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor and the high potential sectors within it, building on the proposed route of East West Rail, as part of the government’s Plan for Cha...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Shock: Industrial AccidentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of deaths from contact with electricity via building and industrial cleaning activities were recorded by the Health and Safety Executive in the last 12 months for which info
Answer: The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) places duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises (the Responsible Person) to report work-related fatalities, certain injuries, occu...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWindows: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of window cleaners electrocuted whilst using water-fed poles in each year for which records are available.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the previous reply PQ 5554
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Injuries: CompensationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make a comparative assessment of the impact of (a) industrial injury compensation for civilians and (b) military service compensation on (i) the awarding of benefits and (ii) tax treatment.
Answer: There are no plans to make such an assessment. The precise treatment of compensation payments depends on the details of the individual scheme (whether industrial, military or other) will depend on the benefit concerned. Tax treatment is a matter for HMRC ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates she has met with further education college representatives to discuss further education funding in preparation for Phase 2 of the Spending Review.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, my noble Friend, the Minister for Skills, and other members of the Ministerial team at the department regularly meet with further education colleges and their representatives. There have been sev...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRussia: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the impact of unregistered and uninsured vessels on the value of sanctions against the Russian Federation that have been evaded.
Answer: Our oil-related sanctions are having a significant impact, with Russia forced to shoulder a 25% reduction in oil and gas revenues from January to October 2024, compared to the same period in 2022. Where Russia has sought to circumvent those sanctions, we ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordShipping: Territorial WatersDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) unregistered and (b) uninsured vessels have been boarded by UK authorities in UK territorial waters in 2024.
Answer: No unregistered or uninsured commercial vessels have been boarded by UK authorities in UK territorial waters this year.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordShipping: Ports and Territorial WatersDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) unregistered and (b) uninsured vessels do not (i) enter UK territorial waters and (ii) dock at UK ports.
Answer: As a signatory of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNLCOS), the UK (or any state that has subscribed to the agreement) cannot disrupt the transit passage of vessels through its territorial waters for lacking insurance, or being unregis...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLGBT Veterans Independent ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for publication of the response to the financial award section of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review, published on 19 July 2023.
Answer: I am pleased to say that on 12 December 2024, during a debate held in Parliament, the Secretary of State announced that the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme would be launched on 13 December 2024, with a budget of £75 million. This Scheme intends to provi...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMerchant Shipping: InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many wet cargo ships have been boarded by UK authorities in territorial waters for lacking insurance this year.
Answer: No wet cargo ships have been boarded by UK authorities in territorial waters due to a lack of insurance this year.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWar PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2024 to Question 14931 on War Widows Pension Scheme, how many (a) spouses and (b) civil partners have claimed compensation via the War Widows Pension Scheme.
Answer: The number of widows' or widowers' claims under the War Pension Scheme (WPS) claims relating to Camp Lejeune is not centrally held. War Pensions Scheme statistics, including for the War Widows Pension Scheme, are published on gov.uk at the following link:...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUSA: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 13744 on USA: Veterans, what platforms his Department has used to encourage (a) Service personnel, (b) veterans and (c) dependents previously based in Camp L
Answer: The Department has released several statements encouraging those who think they may have been affected by contaminated water at Camp Lejeune to contact the Department, through an article on Gov.uk, and on the Department’s social media accounts on platform...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUSA: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what access to compensation from his Department family members of UK service personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune have for illness resulting from contamination.
Answer: I once again encourage anyone who was based at Camp Lejeune between 1 August 1953 and 31 December 1987 to write to the Ministry of Defence so that we may provide them with advice. The contamination of water at Camp Lejeune was known for almost two years b...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUSA: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 6 November to Questions 11571 and 11572 on USA: Veterans, what epidemiological studies he plans to commission for (a) service personnel and (b) dependents who may have been contaminated
Answer: We take the safety of our personnel very seriously and any veteran that may have served at Camp Lejeune during this period and believes that their health was affected can apply for compensation under the War Pension Scheme. It is worth noting that the US ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUSA: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 6 November to Questions 11571 and 11572 on USA: Veterans, how many Camp Lejeune veterans have applied through the War Pension Scheme.
Answer: It is worth noting that the US compensation scheme was running for almost two years before the new MOD Ministerial team were informed. The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUSA: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 4189 on USA: Veterans, how many Camp Lejeune veterans have contacted his Department as a result of the encouragement cited.
Answer: The US compensation scheme for those affected by contaminated water at Camp Lejeune had been running for almost two years at the point it was raised on 30 July 2024 to the new Ministerial team. The Ministry of Defence has received three pieces of Minister...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUSA: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 28 October 2024 to Questions 4187, 4188, and 4189 on USA: Veterans, whether he has held discussions with veterans organisations on encouraging Camp Lejeune veterans to come forward if t
Answer: We take the safety of our personnel very seriously and any veteran that may have served at Camp Lejeune during this period and believe that their health was affected can apply for compensation under the War Pension Scheme. The US compensation scheme had b...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUSA: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 28 October 2024 to Questions 4187, 4188, and 4189 on USA: Veterans, what steps his Department is taking to encourage Camp Lejeune veterans to come forward if they believe they have been
Answer: It is worth noting that the US compensation scheme had been running for almost two years at the point it was raised on 30 July 2024 to the new Ministerial team. On notification, I immediately instructed the Ministry of Defence to release several statement...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCleaning Services: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive hold information on the number of electrocutions caused by the use of water-fed poles in window cleaning.
Answer: The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) places duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises (the Responsible Person) to report work-related fatalities, certain injuries, occu...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWindows: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive issues on the safe usage of water-fed poles for window cleaning.
Answer: To help businesses comply with the law, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides general guidance on health and safety as well as targeted guidance for higher-risk industries and activities. HSE does not seek to provide guidance for all industries a...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Armed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of providing (a) eyewear and (b) eye tests for Ukrainian troops being trained in the UK on the health and wellbeing of those troops; and what estimate he has ma
Answer: The UK takes the health and wellbeing of Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) personnel extremely seriously while they are training on Operation INTERFLEX, however, it is the responsibility of the AFU to screen all AFU personnel prior to their participation in U...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the obstacles to recognising Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara (a) in general and (b) in relation to British Overseas Territories.
Answer: Successive UK Governments have regarded the status of Western Sahara as undetermined. The UK supports UN-led efforts to reach a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, based on compromise. The UK continues to support UN-led efforts and, ...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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